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REPORTER: CHARLES HENDERSON SAID
HIS TWO BIGGEST TARGETS ARE
VIOLENT CRIME AND HEROIN ABUSE.
BUT HE BELIEVES THE KEY FIGHTING
BOTH IS SHAKING UP THE STATUS
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>> NOBODY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO
WIN. I AM THE DONALD TRUMP OF
JEFFERSON COUNTY BECAUSE NOBODY
THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO WIN.
REPORTER: EVEN THOUGH HE FACED A
TWO TERM INCUMBENT.
CHARLES HENDERSON HAD FAITH HE
COULD WIN.
NOW THE 30-YEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT
VETERAN IS JEFFERSON COUNTY'S
TOP LAW ENFORCER.
HE SAYS HIS EXPERIENCES
CONVINCED HIM THERE IS BETTER
WAY TO FIGHT CRIME.
>> WE TOOK THE POSITION WE WERE
GOING TO SEND EVERYBODY TO
PRISON AND THAT WOULD SOLVE OUR
PROBLEM, WHEN IT HASN'T. WE ARE
WORSE OFF TODAY THAN WE WERE
30-SOMETHING YEARS AGO WHEN WE
STARTED TAKING THAT APPROACH.
REPORTER: HENDERSON FEELS LAW
ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO PREVENT
DRUG ABUSE THROUGH EDUCATION.
HE ALSO PLANS TO CHANGE HOW THEY
HANDLE OFFICER-INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE MOSTLY
INVESTIGATED BY THE STATE.
>> GOING FORWARD, I WANT OUR
INVESTIGATORS TO BE SEASONED
HOMICIDE DETECTIVES AND WE WANT
TO DO THE POLICE
OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS IN
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I THINK IT IS BETTER THAT WE
KEEP THOSE ISSUES IN THE COUNT
REPORTER: HE ALSO PLANS TO
INVOLVE MORE COMMUNITY GROUPS TO
BRIDGE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT GAP
IN JEFFERSON COUNTY'S
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> MAN, I AM JUST A VESSEL HERE,
TRYING TO DO THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE.
REPORTER: PEOPLE WHO JUST
ELECTED JEFFERSON COUNTY'S FIRST
DEMOCRATIC D-A IN THREE DECADES.